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African-American voters file past a makeshift polling place in Hayneville, Ala., on May 3, 1966 to cast ballots for seven nominees of the Lowndes Country Freedom Organization.
African-American voters file past a makeshift polling place in Hayneville, Ala., on May 3, 1966 to cast ballots for seven nominees of the Lowndes Country Freedom Organization.
Horace Cort, AP
African-American voters file past a makeshift polling place in Hayneville, Ala., on May 3, 1966 to cast ballots for seven nominees of the Lowndes Country Freedom Organization.
African-American voters file past a makeshift polling place in Hayneville, Ala., on May 3, 1966 to cast ballots for seven nominees of the Lowndes Country Freedom Organization.
Horace Cort, AP
Armed members of the Black Panthers Party stand in the corridor of the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on May 2, 1967. They were protesting a bill before an Assembly committee restricting the carrying of arms in public.
Armed members of the Black Panthers Party stand in the corridor of the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on May 2, 1967. They were protesting a bill before an Assembly committee restricting the carrying of arms in public.
Walt Zeboski, AP
Members of the Black Panther Party argue with a California state policeman at the Capitol in Sacramento after he disarmed them on May 2, 1967.
Members of the Black Panther Party argue with a California state policeman at the Capitol in Sacramento after he disarmed them on May 2, 1967.
AP
Huey Newton, Black Panther Party minister of defense, raises his arm as he is literally surrounded by the press at Philadelphia's International Airport on Sept. 4, 1970 upon his arrival for a three-day convention in Philadelphia, Pa.
Huey Newton, Black Panther Party minister of defense, raises his arm as he is literally surrounded by the press at Philadelphia's International Airport on Sept. 4, 1970 upon his arrival for a three-day convention in Philadelphia, Pa.
Rusty Kennedy, AP
Detroit Police frisk some Black Panther party members as they surrender after a nine-hour armed standoff on Oct. 25, 1970, in Detroit, Mich. Earlier one officer was killed and another wounded.
Detroit Police frisk some Black Panther party members as they surrender after a nine-hour armed standoff on Oct. 25, 1970, in Detroit, Mich. Earlier one officer was killed and another wounded.
Richarf Sheinwald, AP
Bobby Seale, chairman of the Black Panther Party, addresses a rally outside the party headquarters on Aug. 13, 1971, in Oakland, Calif., urging members to boycott certain liquor stores.
Bobby Seale, chairman of the Black Panther Party, addresses a rally outside the party headquarters on Aug. 13, 1971, in Oakland, Calif., urging members to boycott certain liquor stores.
AP
Bobby Seale, chairman of the Black Panther Party, rides a rush hour bus in Oakland, California on April 13, 1973, as he campaigns for votes in his bid to unseat incumbent Mayor John Reading.
Bobby Seale, chairman of the Black Panther Party, rides a rush hour bus in Oakland, California on April 13, 1973, as he campaigns for votes in his bid to unseat incumbent Mayor John Reading.
AP
Detroit policemen search some of the 15 members of a Black Panther party splinter group which surrendered after engaging in a nine-hour armed standoff in Detroit on Oct. 25, 1970 in the killing of one officer and the wounding of another.
Detroit policemen search some of the 15 members of a Black Panther party splinter group which surrendered after engaging in a nine-hour armed standoff in Detroit on Oct. 25, 1970 in the killing of one officer and the wounding of another.
Richard Sheinwald, AP
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